Restless Specters of the Anarchist Dead

I haven't posted in a long while, and in general don't really like the idea of just posting a link to an article that someone else has written, but anyway, I think it is a worthwhile read, so here goes nothing. Viva.

"This year is the centennial of two revolutions in Russia: one in which the people toppled the Tsar and another in which the Bolsheviks seized state power. Within twenty years, the Bolsheviks had executed or imprisoned most of those who carried out the revolution. Today, as the hashtag #1917live trends on twitter, we should remember the #1917undead, the anarchists who strove to warn humanity that statist paths towards social change will never bring us to freedom. Some of them, like Fanya and Aron Baron, were murdered in cold blood by authoritarian communists in the Soviet Union. Others managed to survive, betrayed by their supposed comrades, to witness the totalitarian results of the Bolshevik coup. Their voices cry out to us today from the grave. Let’s listen."

read the full article: https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/30/restless-specters-of-the-anarchist-dead-a-few-words-from-the-undead-of-1917